There is no cure for the EEE virus, a rare mosquito-borne illness that causes swelling of the brain.
Deadly EEE: Parts of nation see worst outbreak of brain-swelling, mosquito virus in more than a half-centuryPat Shaw, who died Sept. 19 after being infected with the EEE virus, was 77. She's seen here with her dogs Tommy and Gus.Patricia Alice"Pat" Shaw, of East Lyme, Connecticut, loved the outdoors. She walked her dogs three times a day. She often sat by the backyard swimming pool at her home, surrounded by woods.
Three have died in Massachusetts; three in Michigan, two, including Shaw, in Connecticut; and one in Rhode Island. Most of the deaths occurred in recent weeks. There is no cure for EEE. A vaccine developed by the military exists for the virus, but it is not commercially available because the side effects are considered too severe. Although EEE can be treated, about 80% of survivors are left with some level of permanent neurological damage.State health officials urge cancellation of outdoor events, 3 Michiganders die from rare virus
The multistate threat has communities on edge. Because mosquitoes infected with EEE are more common at night, some high schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts have moved up start times of football games. Others have moved games from Friday night to Saturday afternoonEastern equine encephalitis: Mom shares how she survived the rare mosquito-borne virus
States post daily maps online to highlight the EEE hot spots – southeastern Connecticut, for example, and several counties in Massachusetts, particularly south of Boston. Still, the virus is rare in mosquitoes even in those communities where EEE is most prevalent. Sophia Garabedian, hospitalized since being infected with the EEE virus, is described by family and friends as a happy, loving little girl who loved playing with her friends and doing gymnastics.Doctors expect Sophia to return home within a couple of weeks, according to an update on the fundraising page, led by family friend Debbie Moynihan. She will require outpatient therapy five days a week.
"It's obvious that since she had received that initial tick bike on her leg, she had received a mosquito bite somewhere that we were not aware of," Gerald said."All of a sudden, she just got extreme weakness and her temperature went up to 102.7-degrees. She was very, very tired and had to lie down and went to bed early," he said."The next morning when she got up, she was showing some confusion.
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